Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 30 [day] 5 mo[nth] 1849

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Title:
Letter from Esther Sturge, Northfleet, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 30 [day] 5 mo[nth] 1849
Author:
Sturge, Esther
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
May 30, 1849
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Peace movements
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Sturge, Esther
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj880
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Northfleet, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Esther Sturge was prevented from writing because of illness in the family. The "serious indisposition" of Esther Sturge's brother was for some weeks very alarming. Esther Sturge finds the progress of anti-slavery principles in America delightful. She asks how it is that funds are so low in Boston just now.
In the postscript, Esther Sturge explains that her brevity is the result of gout, which has made her "hand almost useless." She mentions also that they still hope to have a Peace Convention in August in Paris. She believes that Frederick Douglass is now in London.
Identifier:
3134389
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.75
Barcode:
39999066746890
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